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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Macrinus| > RS95350
Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D.
|Macrinus|, |Macrinus,| |11| |April| |217| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.|, In 218 A.D., with the treasury low and the praetorian guards at least quadrupled since Caesar's time, Macrinus was obliged, on proclaiming his son Diadumenianus as Augustus, to promise the old donative of 5000 denarii per man, of which he gave them each 1000 in hand. While the soldiers - who had already pocketed the Emperor's first gift of 750 denarii - enjoyed these substantial pickings, the people of Rome were promised a congiary of 150 denarii each.
RS95350. Silver denarius, RIC IV 15 (S), RSC III 55a, BMCRE V 31, SRCV II 7342, Hunter III -, aEF, some luster, excellent portrait, centered, flow lines, scratches and marks, reverse die wear, small edge splits/cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.162g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, die axis 0o, Jan 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right; reverse PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for two years, consul, father of the country), Jupiter standing slightly left, head left, nude, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; scarce; SOLD











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